FLOWER MOUND — Argyle left little doubt
where its collective head was at after the first round of the Class 3A state
football playoffs.

The Eagles, bolstered by a hot start to
the game, cruised to a 45-0 victory over Bridgeport in a Class 3A Division II
Region II bi-district showdown at Marauder Stadium on Friday night.

The Eagles (10-1), who have not lost
since their season-opening defeat to Abilene Wylie, will face Melissa in a
Region II area contest tentatively set for 2 p.m. Friday at C.H. Collins
Athletic Complex in Denton. Melissa defeated Wilmer-Hutchins 53-29 in a
bi-district game Thursday night. Melissa won a Class 2A state title last year.

The victory marks the sixth straight
year the Eagles have won their first-round playoff game. Their last first-round
playoff loss came in 2006, when Argyle lost to Sweetwater 20-14 in bi-district.
Friday night’s win also was head coach Todd Rodgers’ 99th win at Argyle.

The Eagles have won their first-round
playoff game in eight of their nine playoff seasons.

Argyle racked up more than 500 yards of
total offense and put the game in the hands of its quarterback, Brandon
Boyzuick. Bridgeport (4-7) ran a Cover 3 zone, so the Eagles used a short,
efficient passing game to move the chains and build a large lead.

“What Bridgeport does is simple, but
they execute it well,” Rodgers said. “The short passing game was what they were
giving us.”

Boyzuick finished the contest 22-of-30
passing for 286 yards passing and two touchdowns. He even scampered in from 16
yards out for a touchdown in the second quarter. On the drive, Argyle had to
convert a first-and-28 in Bridgeport territory to keep the drive moving.
Boyzuick threw an incomplete pass, followed by completions of 19 yards to Ian
Sadler and 9 yards to Chance Bode to move the chains to the Bulls’ 16.

The Eagles used some deceptively simple
pass routes to open up the contest. Those helped Sadler — who scored three
touchdowns — gain 119 yards receiving on nine catches. That included a route
that Sadler broke several times for large chunks of yardage.

“It’s just a little curl route where
we’re trying to get the cornerback off of [Sadler], and he’s always open,”
Boyzuick said.

Running back Nick Ralston added 136
yards on 17 carries. Bode caught seven passes for 94 yards and scored a rushing
touchdown on his only carry of the game.

Sadler scored the game’s opening
touchdown, a 1-yarder, in the first quarter. But the Bulls had a chance early
to tie the contest at 7-7. They were set up at the Eagles’ 29 when Bulls
quarterback Hunter Gantt threw an interception to Argyle’s Hunter Treadwell.
That forced a change of possession and led to Argyle’s second touchdown. It was
Treadwell’s second interception of the season.

“We put a lot of pressure on the
quarterback on that play and Hunter came up with a big play,” Rodgers said.” It
really gave our kids a little spark.”

From there, the Eagles scored on their
next four possessions to take a 31-0 halftime lead.

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